Clothes-pin.



B. WRIGHT.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION HLED sEPT.25. 1916.

1,297,527. Patentd Mar. 18,1919.

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BEN WRIGHT, OF BLACKSHEAB, GEORGIA.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed September 25, 1916. Serial No. 122,025.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BEN WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Blackshear, in the county of Pierce, State of Georgia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pins, and particularlyto wire clothes pins.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple device ofthis character which will be comparatively cheap to manufacture, andwhich will be effective in operation to hold the clothes.

Another object is to provide a clothes pin which may or may not be lefton the clothes line as desired.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my clothes pin in operation.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings A represents asubstantially U- shaped member formed of comparatively heavy wire. andincludes the arms 10 and the connecting curved bight portion 11. Theupper end of each of the arms 10 .is formed with an eye 12. Slidablethrough the eyes are the arms 13 of an inverted U-shaped member B, theupper ends of said arms being connected by a curved bight portion 14.The lower end portions of the arms 13 di verge, as shown, and haveconnected totheir extremities a transverse bar 15, this bar beingdisposed against the arms 10 of the member A in clamping relationthereto. The member A is slightly bowed longitudinally, as clearly seenin the side elevation.

The clothes line 16 is passed transversely between the arms -10 of themember A and the arms 13 of the member B, whereby the clothes pin isheld on the line. The member B is adapted to be slipped up and downthrough the eyes 12 so that the transverse bar 15 and the divergentportions of the arms 13 will securely clamp one corner of an articlebetween the members A and B at their lower ends. The article is firstthrown over the line 16, one corner being then drawn in between thelower portions of the members A and B, and then the member B pusheddown. The fact that the member A is curved longitudinally and that theconvex portion is disposed away from the member 7 B causes the bar 15 togradually increase the tension between it and the member A when saidmember B is pushed down.

From the foregoing, it will readily be seen that I have provided asimple and cheap device of this character and one which will effectivelyhold articles on a clothes line.

The device may be used somewhat in the manner of the ordinary clothespin, in which case it is not left to remain on the line, but ismanipulated over the line and article and then the member B pushed downas before, the article being firmly clamped between the lower ends ofthe members A and B.

What is claimed is A clothes pin comprising a longitudinally bowedmember including spaced arms having a connecting bight portion at oneend and having eyes at their opposite ends, and a second correspondinglybowed member including spaced arms slidably and frictionally engagedthrough said eyes and having a connecting bight portion at one end, theopposite end portions of the last named arms extending away from theeyes between and beyond the arms of the first member, and a transversebar connecting the extremities of said last-named arms and slidably andfrictionally engaged by the arms of the first member in clampingrelation thereto.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in thepresence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses:

A. I. HENDRY, W. J. CRIBB.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 6.

BEN WRIGHT.

